2019-01-07: Chicago, IL (Steve Rosen & Friends)

user: Chet Gray

La String Bean

by: Julian Blechner

introduces moves: custom, turn alone, allemande, do si do, swing, promenade

formation: circle mixer

A1 8
ladles to the center and back
2
gentlespoons to the center
4
gentlespoons turn alone
2
gentlespoons go back
A2 8
partners allemande left 1½ (gentlespoons progress CCW, ladles progress CW) ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once (now your partner)
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 16
partners promenade along the set on the right

Thursday Night Special #1

by: Larry Jennings

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, circle, chain, long lines

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing, end facing down the hall
A2 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
long lines forward & back - ID next neighbors

Maliza's Magical Mystery Motion v.

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: petronella

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 8
balance & petronella and turn to face the next ⁋
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Frocks Rockin' Frolic

by: Will Mentor

introduces moves: see saw, give & take, zig zag

formation: improper

A1 8
circle right 4 places
8
neighbors see saw once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
ladles give & take partners
8
partners swing
B2 10
circle left 5 places zoomily
6
zig left zag right ⁋

Transcribed from memory, please test before calling for dancers.

Kimmswick Express

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: custom, right left through, pass through, balance

formation: square dance

A1 8
Heads forward & back
8
right left through Heads
A2 6
circle left 3 places Heads
2
pass through to face Sides
8
neighbors do si do 1¼ to a wave of 4 (2 ladles in the middle by the left, neighbor right)
B1 4
balance right & left
2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
8
partners swing
B2 16
partners promenade along the set on the right to home

Petronella Swing Break

by: Chris Page

formation: square dance

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
neighbors swing (CORNER)
A2 8
balance & petronella
8
next neighbors swing (NEXT CORNER)
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
next neighbors swing (NEXT NEXT CORNER)
B2 8
balance & petronella
8
partners swing

http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/#petronella-swing-break

As long as they know petronella turns and who their corner is, they're set to go. If they're aware of the concept that a corner is a place rather than a face, then there's no need to walk through any of this.

This is a quick way to swing everyone. gentlespoons go nowhere, ladles go around the square.

The Merry-Go-Round (Das Ringelspiel)

by: Heiner Fischle

  • no walkthrough

This dance is not published.

Another Easy One

by: unknown

  • medleyed with previous

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande right 1½
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners swing
B1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B2 8
right left through
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋

[waltz]

[break]

The Cure for the Claps

by: Bob Isaacs

This dance is not published.

[untitled]

by: Naresh Keswani

This dance is not published.

Salute to Larry Jennings

by: Ted Sannella and Larry Jennings

introduces moves: pull by dancers

formation: Becket

In opening circle you are with the couple on your left diagonal.

A1 8
circle left 4 places with couple on your left diagonal ⁋
8
1st neighbors do si do once
A2 2
1st neighbors pull by right
2
2nd neighbors pull by left
2
3rd neighbors pull by right
6
4th neighbors allemande left once
2
3rd neighbors pull by right
2
2nd neighbors pull by left
B1 16
1st neighbors balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons give & take partners to gentlespoon's home side
8
partners swing

Notes from Bob Isaacs: In this crossing of two New England greats, Larry improves a dance written in
his honor by adding the give and take.

The very long and good neighbor sequence is allemande left-pull
by right-pull by right-pull by left-pull by left-circle-do si do-pull by right-balance-swing-give and take.
Source: Give and Take, by Larry Jennings.

Sarah's Journey

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: box the gnat, star

formation: improper

A1 4
neighbors box the gnat
4
gentlespoons pull by left
8
partners swing
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
partners do si do once
B1 4
partners box the gnat
4
ladles pull by left
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
right left through
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Moon Dance / Sun Dance

by: Robert Cromartie

This dance is not published.

[waltz]

A Pirate’s Life for Me (variation)

by: Nathaniel Jack

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, Rory O'More

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
4
Rory O'More right, gentlespoons continue past each other, but catch left hands
8
gentlespoons allemande left once
16
partners balance & swing
8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
neighbors allemande left 1¾ to next neighbors

http://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/2009-August/002149.html

Who doesn't like pirates? Not me. This dance was meant to be as raucous as I could make it, filled with stomping, spinning and swinging. It's fun.